Ty Cobb Stats

Ty Cobb was born on Saturday, December 18, 1886, in Narrows, Georgia. Cobb was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 30, 1905, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ty Cobb baseball stats page.

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"The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it. Not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it." - Cobb, Ty. Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame. Simon & Schuster Publishing. 2 April 2013. Page 68. [Ty Cobb Quotes]

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Ty 'The Georgia Peach' Cobb Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts Baseball Card (#10/18)

Ty 'The Georgia Peach' Cobb Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts Baseball Card (#10/18)

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Birth Name:   Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Nickname:   The Georgia Peach or Ty
Born On:   12-18-1886  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Narrows, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-17-1961 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Atlanta, Georgia
Cemetery:   Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Georgia Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Franklin County High School (Royston, GA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   08-30-1905 (Age 18)
Last Game:   09-11-1928
Draft:   Not Applicable

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb Pitching Stats

1918 32 Tigers 2 0 1 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 0 4.0 17 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1925 39 Tigers 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Years 3 0 2 0 0 .000 3.60 0 0 1 5.0 20 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

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Ty Cobb Hitting Stats

1905 19 Tigers 41 151 19 36 6 0 1 0 15 10 - 23 4 0 0 - .238 .286 .298
1906 20 Tigers 98 358 45 113 15 5 1 0 41 19 - 40 14 0 3 - .316 .355 .394
1907 21 Tigers 150 605 97 212 28 14 5 0 119 24 - 55 8 0 5 - .350 .380 .468
1908 22 Tigers 150 580 88 188 36 20 4 0 108 34 - 42 15 0 6 - .324 .368 .476
1909 23 Tigers 156 573 116 216 33 10 9 0 107 48 - 45 24 0 6 - .377 .431 .517
1910 24 Tigers 140 508 106 194 35 13 8 0 91 64 - 46 16 0 4 - .382 .455 .549
1911 25 Tigers 146 592 147 248 47 24 8 1 127 44 - 42 11 0 8 - .419 .466 .620
1912 26 Tigers 140 553 120 226 30 23 7 0 83 43 7 30 8 0 5 3 .409 .456 .584
1913 27 Tigers 122 429 70 167 18 16 4 1 67 58 9 31 11 0 4 1 .389 .466 .534
1914 28 Tigers 98 345 69 127 22 11 2 0 57 57 2 22 6 0 6 1 .368 .466 .513
1915 29 Tigers 156 563 144 208 31 13 3 0 99 118 0 43 9 0 10 3 .369 .486 .487
1916 30 Tigers 145 543 113 201 31 10 5 0 68 78 0 39 14 0 2 0 .370 .451 .492
1917 31 Tigers 152 588 107 225 44 24 6 1 102 61 11 34 16 0 4 4 .383 .444 .570
1918 32 Tigers 111 421 83 161 19 14 3 0 64 41 2 21 9 0 2 5 .382 .440 .515
1919 33 Tigers 124 498 92 191 36 13 1 0 70 38 1 22 9 0 1 4 .384 .428 .514
1920 34 Tigers 112 428 86 143 28 8 2 0 63 58 1 28 7 0 2 6 .334 .416 .451
1921 35 Tigers 128 507 124 197 37 16 12 0 101 56 0 19 15 0 3 4 .389 .452 .596
1922 36 Tigers 137 526 99 211 42 16 4 0 99 55 0 24 27 0 4 7 .401 .462 .565
1923 37 Tigers 145 556 103 189 40 7 6 0 88 66 3 14 22 0 3 8 .340 .413 .469
1924 38 Tigers 155 625 114 211 38 10 4 0 78 85 2 18 15 0 1 8 .338 .418 .450
1925 39 Tigers 121 415 97 157 31 12 12 1 102 65 4 12 5 0 5 6 .378 .468 .598
1926 40 Tigers 79 233 48 79 18 5 4 0 62 26 0 2 13 0 1 5 .339 .408 .511
1927 41 Athletics 133 490 104 175 32 7 5 0 93 67 3 12 12 0 5 10 .357 .440 .482
1928 42 Athletics 95 353 54 114 27 4 1 0 40 34 0 16 2 0 4 7 .323 .389 .431
24 Years 3,034 11,440 2,245 4,189 724 295 117 4 1,944 1,249 45 680 292 0 94 82 .366 .433 .512

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Ty Cobb Fielding Stats

1905 Tigers CF 39 39 1,005 91 2.3 88 82 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.36
1905 Tigers LF 2 2 54 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.50
1906 Tigers CF 59 57 1,472 145 2.5 142 136 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.60
1906 Tigers LF 17 17 460 56 3.3 53 47 6 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .946 3.11
1906 Tigers RF 22 19 480 31 1.4 28 26 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .903 1.58
1907 Tigers RF 150 150 3,957 281 1.9 269 239 30 12 13 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.84
1908 Tigers CF 1 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1908 Tigers RF 150 150 3,864 251 1.7 237 214 23 14 6 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.66
1909 Tigers CF 2 2 27 5 2.5 4 3 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 4.00
1909 Tigers RF 154 153 3,975 254 1.6 241 220 21 13 5 n/a n/a n/a .949 1.64
1910 Tigers CF 111 110 2,862 286 2.6 273 259 14 13 4 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.58
1910 Tigers RF 26 26 720 45 1.7 44 40 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.65
1911 Tigers CF 146 146 3,750 423 2.9 406 382 24 17 11 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.92
1912 Tigers CF 139 139 3,517 363 2.6 342 322 20 21 5 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.63
1913 Tigers 2B 1 1 27 4 4.0 1 1 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .250 1.00
1913 Tigers CF 108 108 2,687 287 2.7 273 251 22 14 8 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.74
1913 Tigers RF 10 9 222 13 1.3 11 11 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 1.34
1914 Tigers CF 96 96 2,497 195 2.0 185 177 8 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.00
1915 Tigers CF 156 155 450 368 2.4 350 328 22 18 7 n/a n/a n/a .951 21.00
1916 Tigers 1B 1 1 0 10 10.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Tigers CF 143 141 3,774 360 2.5 343 325 18 17 9 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.45
1917 Tigers CF 121 119 3,114 1,344 11.1 1,335 1,313 22 9 7 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.58
1917 Tigers RF 31 31 876 67 2.2 65 60 5 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.00
1918 Tigers 1B 13 10 9 148 11.4 145 133 12 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 435.00
1918 Tigers 2B 1 1 3 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 36.00
1918 Tigers 3B 1 1 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1918 Tigers CF 94 92 2,331 242 2.6 236 225 11 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.73
1918 Tigers P 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1918 Tigers RF 1 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1919 Tigers CF 123 123 3,246 299 2.4 291 272 19 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.42
1920 Tigers CF 112 110 2,832 263 2.3 254 246 8 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.42
1921 Tigers CF 121 121 3,079 338 2.8 328 301 27 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.88
1922 Tigers CF 134 134 3,420 351 2.6 344 330 14 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.72
1923 Tigers CF 141 140 3,499 388 2.8 376 362 14 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.90
1924 Tigers CF 155 155 3,870 435 2.8 429 417 12 6 8 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.99
1925 Tigers CF 101 100 2,199 283 2.8 269 260 9 14 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.30
1925 Tigers P 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1925 Tigers RF 4 4 84 18 4.5 17 17 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 5.46
1926 Tigers CF 40 40 963 195 4.9 190 187 3 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.33
1926 Tigers LF 14 13 324 23 1.6 22 21 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.83
1926 Tigers RF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1927 Athletics CF 52 52 1,389 130 2.5 125 122 3 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.43
1927 Athletics RF 75 75 1,764 1,130 15.1 1,127 1,121 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 17.25
1928 Athletics RF 85 85 1,952 167 2.0 161 154 7 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.23
CF Totals 2,194 2,179 51,988 6,791 3.1 6,583 6,300 283 208 78 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.42
RF Totals 709 703 17,928 2,258 3.2 2,201 2,103 98 57 28 n/a n/a n/a .975 3.31
LF Totals 33 32 838 83 2.5 78 71 7 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .940 2.51
1B Totals 14 11 9 158 11.3 155 143 12 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .981 465.00
P Totals 3 0 15 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
2B Totals 2 2 30 9 4.5 5 2 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .556 4.50
3B Totals 1 1 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
24 Years 2,956 2,928 70,808 9,303 3.1 9,026 8,620 406 277 114 n/a n/a n/a .970 3.44

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb Miscellaneous Stats

1905 Tigers 2 - - 0 0 n/a 151.0 6.6 10.1 - - -
1906 Tigers 23 - - 0 0 n/a 358.0 9.0 8.7 - - -
1907 Tigers 49 - - 0 0 n/a 121.0 11.0 5.1 - - -
1908 Tigers 39 - - 0 0 n/a 145.0 13.8 5.4 - - -
1909 Tigers 76 - - 0 0 n/a 63.7 12.7 5.4 - - -
1910 Tigers 65 - - 0 0 n/a 63.5 11.0 5.6 - - -
1911 Tigers 83 - - 0 0 n/a 74.0 14.1 4.7 - - -
1912 Tigers 61 34 .642 0 0 n/a 79.0 18.4 6.7 - - -
1913 Tigers 51 29 .638 0 0 n/a 107.3 13.8 6.4 - - -
1914 Tigers 35 17 .673 0 0 n/a 172.5 15.7 6.1 - - -
1915 Tigers 96 38 .716 0 0 n/a 187.7 13.1 5.7 - - -
1916 Tigers 68 24 .739 0 0 n/a 108.6 13.9 8.0 - - -
1917 Tigers 55 32 .632 0 0 n/a 98.0 17.3 5.8 - - -
1918 Tigers 34 22 .607 0 0 n/a 140.3 20.0 6.6 0.00 0.00 4.50
1919 Tigers 28 23 .549 1 0 n/a 498.0 22.6 7.1 - - -
1920 Tigers 15 10 .600 0 0 n/a 214.0 15.3 6.8 - - -
1921 Tigers 22 15 .595 7 0 n/a 42.3 26.7 5.0 - - -
1922 Tigers 9 13 .409 3 0 n/a 131.5 21.9 5.3 - - -
1923 Tigers 9 10 .474 3 1 n/a 92.7 39.7 6.3 - - -
1924 Tigers 23 14 .622 0 0 n/a 156.3 34.7 8.0 - - -
1925 Tigers 13 9 .591 16 0 n/a 34.6 34.6 4.1 0.00 0.00 0.00
1926 Tigers 9 4 .692 20 4 n/a 58.3 116.5 3.8 - - -
1927 Athletics 22 16 .579 6 0 n/a 98.0 40.8 5.3 - - -
1928 Athletics 5 8 .385 10 0 n/a 353.0 22.1 8.8 - - -
24 Years 892 318 .737 66 5 n/a 97.8 16.8 5.9 0.00 0.00 3.60

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1905 Detroit Tigers n/a $1,200.00 n/a -
1906 Detroit Tigers n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1907 Detroit Tigers n/a $2,400.00 n/a Stats
1908 Detroit Tigers n/a $4,800.00 n/a Stats
1909 Detroit Tigers n/a $4,800.00 n/a Stats
1910 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1911 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1912 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1913 Detroit Tigers n/a $11,332.00 n/a -
1914 Detroit Tigers n/a $15,000.00 n/a -
1915 Detroit Tigers n/a $18,500.00 n/a -
1916 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1917 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1918 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1919 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1920 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1921 Detroit Tigers n/a $25,000.00 n/a -
1922 Detroit Tigers n/a $35,000.00 n/a -
1923 Detroit Tigers n/a $40,000.00 n/a -
1924 Detroit Tigers n/a $40,000.00 n/a -
1925 Detroit Tigers n/a $40,000.00 n/a -
1926 Detroit Tigers n/a $40,000.00 n/a -
1927 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $50,000.00 n/a -
1928 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $35,000.00 n/a -

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Tyrus Raymond Cobb was a Major League Baseball player with the Detroit Tigers (1905-1926) and Philadelphia Athletics (1927-1928). Did you know that Ty, his nickname, still has the highest career batting average in baseball history, the most batting titles in baseball history (including the most consecutive batting titles), the most hits in a career in the American League, and if you search his name, The Georgia Peach appears on more than 3,000 other pages? Baseball Almanac likes to take a look "beyond the stats" and we hope you enjoy the following historical baseball article about a time when Cobb slugged five homers in two games:

COBB’S FIVE HOMERUNS

A fascinating legend that surrounds the storied career of Ty Cobb centers on the time he hit five home runs over a two-game stretch in 1925. Prior to the game against the Browns on May 5 of that year, the Georgia Peach supposedly told St. Louis Star Sports Editor Sid Keener and Detroit News Sports Editor Harry Salsinger:

Gentlemen, pay close attention today. I'll show you something new. For the first time in my life, I will be deliberately going for home runs.

(Source: Al Stump, Algonquin Books, 01/03/1996, Cobb: A Biography, Page 361-362)

Cobb’s disdain for the post-1920 proliferation of the long ball was well-documented. In particular, he hated slugger Babe Ruth and how the Bambino had transformed the game. Cobb thought the deluge of home runs minimized the need for strategies he honed to perfection during the dead ball; skills like bunting, the hit-and-run, using the whole field, and the stolen base.

The Detroit star didn’t think it took a lot of talent to hit home runs and was convinced that his way of playing the game was vastly superior. So, as the legend goes, he took time in St. Louis to show that, if he had wanted to, he could hit a lot of homers, too.

Whether or not Cobb actually "called" his power outburst has been debated over the years but what actually happened at Sportsman's Park on those two days is a matter of record. In the 2nd inning of the May 5 game against the Browns, Tyrus Raymond smashed a pitch from Bullet Joe Bush for a long home run to right field. Later in the game, he launched a ball over the pavilion in right and added another "over-the-fence" homer in the 8th. Along with the three long balls, Cobb hit a double and two singles, finishing the day 6 for 6.

On May 6, the man from Royston slammed two more home runs, making it five round-trippers in two games.

If the legend is true, Cobb apparently thought he had proven his point and went back to what he called "real" baseball and finished the 1925 campaign with a lusty .378 average but "only" 12 home runs.

One of the people who had reportedly heard Ty Cobb predict his power surge, Sid Keener, was a respected sports journalist. He later served as the Director of Baseball’s Hall-of-Fame from 1952 to 1963 and might be considered a reliable source. One wonders if someone in the public eye like Keener, would stick to this false narrative like he did in subsequent years. If it had been proven that Cobb didn’t say those things before a game in St. Louis in 1925, Keener would have been discredited in his profession.

The other "witness" Harry Salsinger was somewhat friendly with Cobb and wrote two biographies about the ballplayer. However, just because they were on good terms doesn't necessarily mean he helped fabricate such an incredible story. Tons of people (including plenty of sportswriters) hated Cobb at the time and spinning glowing, untrue pieces about a major pain-in-the-butt was not part of the era’s zeitgeist. The story was unusual for a time when many sportswriters thought baseball would be better off without Ty Cobb.

Salsinger, like Keener, had his reputation as a journalist to think about. Was it worth risking his career to perpetrate such a big lie?

Coupled with the facts that Ty Cobb was impulsive, high strung and enormously egotistical, Keener and Salsinger's account rings true. One could easily see Cobb making such a boast and then having the talent (along with a little bit of luck) to pull it off.

Could Ty Cobb have been a big-time home run hitter had he decided to? We'll never know but based on the mountain of other offensive accomplishments credited to his name, it's certainly possible.

Even without gaudy homerun totals, Cobb was the very definition of a great baseball player.

Perhaps the greatest ever.

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In 1883, Francis Richter founded The Sporting Life, a weekly magazine devoted to coverage of all sports, with an emphasis on baseball. In 1887, Richter, and other baseball journalists, formed the Base Ball Reporters Association of America, also referred to as the National Base Ball Reporters' Association. And in 1914, Richter wrote the History and Records of Baseball: the American Nation's Chief Sport (Philadelphia: Sporting Life Publishing Co., 1914). In that historic book, Richter selected the greatest players in each position in each decade:

Greatest Players by Decade

Decade Catchers Catchers
1870-1880 Doug Allison Deacon White
1880-1890 Charlie Bennett Buck Ewing
1890-1900 Tom Daly Yank Robinson
1900-1912 Chief Meyers Billy Sullivan
Decade Pitchers Pitchers
1870-1880 Candy Cummings Al Spalding
1880-1890 John Clarkson Old Hoss Radbourn
1890-1900 Amos Rusie Cy Young
1900-1912 Christy Mathewson Rube Waddell
Decade First Base First Base
1870-1880 Wes Fisler Joe Start
1880-1890 Cap Anson Charlie Comiskey
1890-1900 Jake Beckley Dan Brouthers
1900-1912 Hal Chase Fred Tenney
Decade Second Base Second Base
1870-1880 Ross Barnes Al Reach (NA Only)
1880-1890 Fred Dunlap Bid McPhee
1890-1900 Nap Lajoie Fred Pfeffer
1900-1912 Eddie Collins Johnny Evers
Decade Third Base Third Base
1870-1880 Cap Anson Ezra Sutton
1880-1890 Jerry Denny Denny Lyons
1890-1900 John McGraw Billy Nash
1900-1912 Home Run Baker Jimmy Collins
Decade Shortstops Shortstops
1870-1880 Davy Force George Wright
1880-1890 Monte Ward Ned Williamson
1890-1900 Hughie Jennings Herman Long
1900-1912 Honus Wagner Bobby Wallace
Decade Left Fielders Left Fielders
1870-1880 Andy Leonard Lip Pike
1880-1890 Tip O'Neill George Wood
1890-1900 Ed Delahanty Joe Kelley
1900-1912 Fred Clarke Chick Stahl
Decade Center Fielders Center Fielders
1870-1880 Count Sensenderfer (NA Only) Harry Wright
1880-1890 Ned Hanlon Hardy Richardson
1890-1900 Billy Hamilton Bill Lange
1900-1912 Ty Cobb Tris Speaker
Decade Right Fielders Right Fielders
1870-1880 Jack Chapman Cal McVey
1880-1890 Joe Kelley Sam Thompson
1890-1900 Jesse Burkett Mike Tiernan
1900-1912 Sam Crawford Willie Keeler

Ty Cobb Hall of Fame Plaque

Ty Cobb | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1936 (HOF)

In 1909, Ty Cobb led the American League in home runs, RBIs, and batting average, capturing a Triple Crown, the second instance in league history. Do you know who was the first player to lead the junior circuit in all three of those baseball statistics during the same season? [Answer]